User contributions for John3-16

28 October 2025

• 23:5223:52, 28 October 2025 diff hist −5‎ m Desktop environments and Window managers ‎ Changed internal link from cosmic* packages to new Cosmic page. current
• 14:0314:03, 28 October 2025 diff hist +250‎ Distrobox ‎ 1. Reworded introduction to complement the link's description further; 2. Updated electron package names; 3. Added --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform,WaylandWindowDecorations flag to run electron v.38 packages; 4. Style and grammar amendments. current
• 03:2603:26, 28 October 2025 diff hist +99‎ m Kernels ‎ Added linux-eswin experimental kernel
• 02:5502:55, 28 October 2025 diff hist +2,675‎ Udhcpc ‎ 1. Added troubleshooting section 'can't rename '/etc/resolv.conf.*': Operation not permitted'; 2. Added "/tmp/resolv.conf" as a possible default value in the udhcpc.conf key:value pair table; 3. Added possibility of fine tuning /etc/udhcpc/udhcpc.conf with NO_DNS as another example; 4. Amended grammar. current

27 October 2025

• 10:5610:56, 27 October 2025 diff hist −4‎ m Configure Networking ‎ Amended 'group write denied' to 'group read denied'; amended grammar current

26 October 2025

• 21:2521:25, 26 October 2025 diff hist +1,539‎ Configure Networking ‎ Added 'Connectivity failing / "ping: bad address"' section

16 October 2025

• 18:0418:04, 16 October 2025 diff hist +24‎ m Sway customization guide ‎ Applying section title "Sway - Full-Sized Views, Navigating Using Alt+Tab" approved by patroller on 13.10.2025 in Talk:Sway. Moved introductory passage specific to this configuration option into this section. current

13 October 2025

• 04:2804:28, 13 October 2025 diff hist +4,120‎ Talk:Sway ‎ Re new section request

9 October 2025

• 20:1520:15, 9 October 2025 diff hist +144‎ m Mako ‎ Added link to Sway's upstream wiki re dbus and updated variables accordingly, specifying XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway current
• 19:5519:55, 9 October 2025 diff hist +233‎ m Steam ‎ Amended dbus-update-activation-environment variables as per upstream wiki - github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#systemd-and-dbus-activation-environments, specifying XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway
• 19:3919:39, 9 October 2025 diff hist +21,181‎ Sway ‎ 1. Added 'Quickstart - config File'; 2. grammar amended.
• 16:2416:24, 9 October 2025 diff hist +132‎ PipeWire ‎ 1. Passage "Verify that the above OpenRC user service is started" removed, currently redundant after "Issue the command $ rc-status -Ur to view and verify the current user runlevel as gui and default..."; 2. Added instruction to start wireplumber; 3. Added instruction to "enable" - i.e. autostart on next sessions - wireplumber at gui/default runlevel.

8 October 2025

• 17:4117:41, 8 October 2025 diff hist +1,598‎ Include:Upgrading to Edge ‎ Added "/usr merge" instructions current

7 October 2025

• 18:2118:21, 7 October 2025 diff hist +562‎ Talk:Sway ‎ Amended dbus-update-activation-environment variables as per upstream wiki - github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#systemd-and-dbus-activation-environments ; maybe the line should be addressed before Pipewire and Screening, as it is required notwisthanding.
• 18:0118:01, 7 October 2025 diff hist −122‎ Sway ‎ Provided different alternatives for setting XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP, as use of xdg-desktop-portal requires more detailing.
• 16:0316:03, 7 October 2025 diff hist +18‎ Sway ‎ 1. 'Starting Sway' section moved after 'Configuration'; 2. Amended dbus-update-activation-environment variables as per upstream wiki - github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#systemd-and-dbus-activation-environments ; 3. Added XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP management
• 15:5915:59, 7 October 2025 diff hist +1,025‎ Sway ‎ 1. 'Starting Sway' section moved after 'Configuration'; 2. Amended dbus-update-activation-environment variables as per upstream wiki - github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki#systemd-and-dbus-activation-environments ; 3. Added XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP management

2 October 2025

• 01:4001:40, 2 October 2025 diff hist +55‎ m Using an answerfile with setup-alpine ‎ Added syntax illustration for APKREPOSOPTS to add community repo in addition to CDN repo: "-1 -c" current

12 September 2025

• 17:4317:43, 12 September 2025 diff hist +2,105‎ Talk:OpenRC ‎ 1. Supporting Prabu's concerns re recent edits; 2. Discussion re "$ openrc -U" reverting to a certain runlevel; 3. Amended various root prompts back to user prompts current
• 16:5016:50, 12 September 2025 diff hist +194‎ OpenRC ‎ 1. Amended various prompts back to root; 2. {{Cmd|}} formatting instead of {{ic|}} except when inline or in bullet list; <var> code used for variables (ServiceName, runlevel) as per Template:Cmd; 3. Style amendments

11 September 2025

• 02:3702:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist −32‎ m REFInd ‎ 1. rEFInd described upstream as a boot manager; minor changes to that effect; 2. Added various template codes; 3. Style/grammar amendments current
• 02:1202:12, 11 September 2025 diff hist +678‎ m REFInd ‎ 1. rEFInd described upstream as a boot manager; minor changes to that effect; 2. Added various template codes; 3. style/grammar amendments

9 September 2025

• 12:0912:09, 9 September 2025 diff hist −79‎ Desktop environments and Window managers ‎ Removed Hikari from list of window managers: removed from repo Sept 2025
• 11:5511:55, 9 September 2025 diff hist +432‎ Hikari ‎ Page proposed for deletion: Hikari removed from repo [inactive since 2022], depends on outdated wlroots0.15. Note also to that effect under Install Hikari. [May be useful to keep page for some time for those who had installed it; could be left to the discretion of the wiki patroller(s) in due course.] https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/commit/88455a5c71a548b78dbea7e0cef7adaeba9c6462 ; https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/commit/d5712a730dc9f156e8d22d762dc655cbf224fa36 current

2 September 2025

• 07:5907:59, 2 September 2025 diff hist +276‎ N Talk:File management ‎ Query whether gvfs-dev alternative/substitute is available in Edge and v3.21-v3.22 current
• 07:5307:53, 2 September 2025 diff hist +955‎ File management ‎ 1.Added krusader,spacefm,vifm,xfe & yazi FMs; 2.Added ext links Lomiri,PostmarketOS,GNOME Files,LXDE,Cinnamon; 3.Added links to pkgs,mostly in GVfs table; 4. Added that gvfs-dev is only available in AL 3.19.x-3.20.x [also available in v3.14-3.18]; see Discussion re more recent releases; 5.Style/grammar amendments

29 August 2025

• 02:0502:05, 29 August 2025 diff hist +769‎ Bootloaders ‎ 1. Added availability of Unified Kernel Image in the introductory paragraph; 2. Moved rEFInd section after Syslinux section to respect order of listing; 3. Added phrase to check what would be the local path for syslinux.efi; 4. Added upstream link for Unified Stream Image; 5. Style/grammar amendments

27 August 2025

• 23:5823:58, 27 August 2025 diff hist −6‎ m Desktop environments and Window managers ‎ 1. Added sxmo* packages link for desktop environment; 2. Internal link to cosmic* packages for COSMIC desktop environment instead of external link.

24 August 2025

• 01:4001:40, 24 August 2025 diff hist +1,762‎ Sway ‎ 1.Added sample setup-desktop,dbus-run-session clis; 2.Added ext links DejaVu,Unicode,wlr-screencopy;int links PipeWire, user services; DBus link x1 only; 3.New tty1 block usefulness; 4.zzz now in community [since Alpine 3.18], not testing; 5.Added scaling subheadings; 6.Todo: update Nvidia passage; 7.Style amendments inc. title sentence headings (Help:Style); references to Sway compositor or desktop capitalised: cf. 'Output scaling for high resolution displays', etc; 8. sway_error line corrected

17 August 2025

• 04:2404:24, 17 August 2025 diff hist +1,574‎ N Alpine Linux talk:IRC ‎ Are further IRC channels relevant? Are some new?

11 August 2025

• 21:4421:44, 11 August 2025 diff hist +5,369‎ Talk:OpenRC ‎ Moving or removing various passages
• 20:5620:56, 11 August 2025 diff hist −422‎ m OpenRC ‎ Reverted to not adding the note from 9 August 2025 re pam, as per Discussion, 11 August 2025; plus reference to it.

9 August 2025

• 18:5218:52, 9 August 2025 diff hist +1,490‎ OpenRC ‎ 1. Added Note with link to upstream guide that discusses pam in the configuration of user services; 2. Added link to that section under 'PAM Support'; 2. Added indication about how adding pipewire-pulse service may be relevant with pipewire service 4. Added links for init (Wikipedia), agetty, busybox, cgroups v2; 5. Style amendments, including adding boldface to various runlevels

8 August 2025

• 16:3316:33, 8 August 2025 diff hist +413‎ Talk:OpenRC ‎ External link broken re inittab speedup method
• 16:2116:21, 8 August 2025 diff hist +2,143‎ N Talk:OpenRC ‎ Mention safer and quicker method to prevent slow startup by chronyd: editing /etc/conf.d/chronyd

24 July 2025

• 10:1810:18, 24 July 2025 diff hist +124‎ m File management ‎ Added lomiri-filemanager-app file manager

22 July 2025

• 04:2604:26, 22 July 2025 diff hist +730‎ Talk:PipeWire ‎No edit summary
• 02:5502:55, 22 July 2025 diff hist +1‎ m Desktop environments and Window managers ‎No edit summary
• 02:4202:42, 22 July 2025 diff hist +1,435‎ User talk:John3-16 ‎ Menus of the Packages and Docs pages appear to be currently lagging behind the menu from the main site current
• 01:3501:35, 22 July 2025 diff hist +31‎ m Desktop environments and Window managers ‎ Added lumina-desktop to listing of desktop environments
• 01:2301:23, 22 July 2025 diff hist +40‎ m Desktop environments and Window managers ‎ Added COSMIC to listing of desktop environments
• 01:0001:00, 22 July 2025 diff hist +88‎ m PipeWire ‎ Made explicit to consider two options now to launch Pipewire (though bespoke methods also could be implemented), enumerating the options.

20 July 2025

• 21:3521:35, 20 July 2025 diff hist +31‎ Alpine Linux:Overview ‎ →‎General overview current
• 21:3321:33, 20 July 2025 diff hist −11‎ Alpine Linux:Overview ‎No edit summary
• 21:2821:28, 20 July 2025 diff hist +249‎ Alpine Linux:Overview ‎ 1. Added external links for bootup benchmarks(everybytecounts.org), use in containers (infoworld.com), postmarketOS (postmarketos.org),Position Independent Executables (Wikipedia); 2. Added link re 'Small+Simple+Secure'(alpinelinux.org/about)
• 20:2920:29, 20 July 2025 diff hist +123‎ m Tutorials and Howtos ‎ Added 'See also' external link to Dr Murphy Alpine Linux tutorials, guides
• 06:0606:06, 20 July 2025 diff hist +4‎ m Hikari ‎ '$' symbol added, as required, to XDG_CONFIG_HOME for touch and chmod instructions and similar.
• 05:5605:56, 20 July 2025 diff hist −10‎ m Desktop environments and Window managers ‎ Updated internal link for hikari from its package name to its wiki page.
• 05:5305:53, 20 July 2025 diff hist +103‎ User:John3-16/Hikari ‎ Marked this user sandbox page as 'Proposed for deletion', as now available in main wiki. This user page is no longer being updated. current
• 05:4805:48, 20 July 2025 diff hist +22,348‎ N Hikari ‎ Created Hikari page on main wiki, including a minor style amendment. Had attempted to move the user sandbox version instead (https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/User:John3-16/Hikari) but had no 'move' rights. It will be proposed for deletion.